25 because who can eat and who can enjoy life[a] apart from him?[b] 26 For to the person who is pleasing in his sight, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy;(A) but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight.(B) This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:25 LXX, Theod, Syr read can drink
  2. 2:25 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr read me

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